ABSTRACT:
The present work is part of a master’s research and aims to identify and analyze the contradictory relationships present in the undergraduate students’ conceptions regarding pedagogical theories. Data were collected through a questionnaire and interview based on the theoretical-methodological framework of Historical Dialectical Materialism, Historical-Critical Pedagogy and Historical-Cultural Psychology. The analysis of the interviews were made through these categories: consciousness (unreflected and reflected/phylosophycal), catharsis and worldview. It was possible to identify the students’ consciousness about the pedagogical theories and how the catharsis - essential to theorical thinking’s development - can form and transform the students’ worldview about the teacher’s work.
Keywords:
Historical-Critical Pedagogy; Historical-Dialectical Materialism; Catharsis